Authenticate This COACH - **see first post for format**

[Vlad]

IMPORTANT READ-ME

Please post authenticity questions related to COACH in this thread. No PMs please.
For further information, please refer to the first post on page 1 of this thread.

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• Before you submit a request for authentication, please search this thread to make sure that the item has not previously been authenticated by searching the seller ID and/or item number. This is not a thread to ask general questions about COACH, please refer to our main Coach forum for such information.
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• FOR ITEMS LISTED ONLINE:
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• FOR ITEMS NOT LISTED ONLINE:
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BASIC PICTURES REQUIRED (but more may be requested): If necessary pictures are in the listing, it's not necessary to upload and duplicate them.

• Front of item
• Back of item
• Full clear and legible creed text and serial number
• Made in tags (when available)
• Measurements
• For bags with turnlock closures, show pictures of back of female side of turnlock
• For bags with magnetic snaps, show pictures of the male part of the snap so that the numbers and letters on it can be read
• If applicable, search interior of bag and/or pockets for small white tag with production information and include a picture of that.

Thank you and be safe!

 

[Hyacinth]

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Item: pretty sure this is a Swagger bag?
Listing number: unknown
Seller: amritamarie
Link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/224218039069
Comments: Another impulse purchase, intending to give as a Christmas gift assuming it’s authentic! I’m not super familiar with this style, but think it should be from the late 70s or early 80s?

I think this might be a blazer bag.

The 2 styles are very similar but it's too small to be a Swagger so it has to be a Blazer Bag, style 9830. The style was introduced early in 1988 and only the very early ones had New York City creeds so that's probably when this one was made.

 

[apursenewbie]

Thank you @BeenBurned for checking out that bag for me. I hope it looks as nice in person as it does online.

She has this fake, with "Gives me huge LV vibes without being too in your face" in the description! I don't think so!

Adorable micro mini vintage Coach baguette handbag.... - Depop

Adorable micro mini vintage Coach baguette handbag. Cute little Coach purse in classic brown with tiny monogramming all around. Gives me huge LV vibes... - Sold by @misshigelly

www.depop.com

The creed

 

[HiLau]

Item: Chester??
Listing number: idk
Seller and site where listed: vinted, punkynoodle
Link: https://www.vinted.nl/femmes/sacs-a-bandouliere/795452508-coach-leather-handbag
Comments: there's no serial number or creed, just a paper thing that says "made in China"
Size is unknown too..

 

[BeenBurned]

Item: Chester??
Listing number: idk
Seller and site where listed: vinted, punkynoodle
Link: https://www.vinted.nl/femmes/sacs-a-bandouliere/795452508-coach-leather-handbag
Comments: there's no serial number or creed, just a paper thing that says "made in China"
Size is unknown too..

I can't see all the pictures (because I won't agree to their "privacy" statement) but if there's no creed or serial number and just a paper "made in China" tag, it's probably just a generic bag.

 

[whateve]

Item: Chester??
Listing number: idk
Seller and site where listed: vinted, punkynoodle
Link: https://www.vinted.nl/femmes/sacs-a-bandouliere/795452508-coach-leather-handbag
Comments: there's no serial number or creed, just a paper thing that says "made in China"
Size is unknown too..

I can't see all the pictures (because I won't agree to their "privacy" statement) but if there's no creed or serial number and just a paper "made in China" tag, it's probably just a generic bag.

It looks like a recent Coach bag, #48403. I believe it doesn't have a creed. There might be a tag somewhere inside with the serial number inside but I haven't found any listings that confirm this. The pictures aren't good enough for me and I don't want to agree to the privacy statement either.

 

[HiLau]

I can't see all the pictures (because I won't agree to their "privacy" statement) but if there's no creed or serial number and just a paper "made in China" tag, it's probably just a generic bag.

There's a stamped logo!

 

[whateve]

There's a stamped logo!

See my post above yours.

 

[HiLau]

It looks like a recent Coach bag, #48403. I believe it doesn't have a creed. There might be a tag somewhere inside with the serial number inside but I haven't found any listings that confirm this. The pictures aren't good enough for me and I don't want to agree to the privacy statement either.

Thank you, that must be it they seem very similar based on the pictures the seller provided.

 

[americandreaming]

Hi authenticators

I'm posting below the two bags I purchased before I discovered authenticating them here & I'm a bit paranoid worrying & wondering now. They're xmas gifts so I haven't received them yet. Would you please authenticate them?

Item: Demi Penelope 9712
Listing number: I don't know
Seller and site where listed: GoingGoingGone on Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m22492895206/?url_scheme=item/openDetail&id=m22492895206

Item: Demi Hampton 7785
Listing number: I don't know
Seller and site where listed: LJRM on Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m88224435551/?url_scheme=item/openDetail&id=m88224435551

Thank you so much!

 

[houseof999]

I highly suspect this bag is fake. It's not a style I'm interested in so I never bought it. Can you guys take a look? That's a huge rip off at that price!!

Coach 1941 Tea Rose Handbag Double Dinky Wide White VHTF NWOT | eBay

<p>Coach 1941 Tea Rose Handbag Double Dinky Wide White VHTF NWOT. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. 95% new. It has never been used.</p>

www.ebay.com

Seller: kemer3489

Never mind. It's definitely fake. I have no doubt after receiving additional pics from the seller.

 

[BeenBurned]

I highly suspect this bag is fake. It's not a style I'm interested in so I never bought it. Can you guys take a look? That's a huge rip off at that price!!

Coach 1941 Tea Rose Handbag Double Dinky Wide White VHTF NWOT | eBay

<p>Coach 1941 Tea Rose Handbag Double Dinky Wide White VHTF NWOT. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. 95% new. It has never been used.</p>

www.ebay.com

Seller: kemer3489

I agree. I see several problems with the bag itself as well as the mess-of-a-hangtag! (Hangtags by themselves aren't used to judge authenticity of the bag (since they can be removed or replaced) but in this case, the I believe the hangtag is original to the bag and neither hangtag nor bag is genuine.

(I also see problems with the serial number/font when compared to another that I believe to be genuine.)

Note that most of the bags of this style I found were on Japanese and other Asian websites, many of which I've found to have more fakes than authentic items and many of the fakes are very close. I'm not comfortable recommending any of those sites as safe though I've also seen some authentic items on them too.

Again, the bag from kemer3489 is fake. And without any other history, 0 feedback and another sold item showing only stock images, I don't recommend the seller.

 

[houseof999]

I agree. I see several problems with the bag itself as well as the mess-of-a-hangtag! (Hangtags by themselves aren't used to judge authenticity of the bag (since they can be removed or replaced) but in this case, the I believe the hangtag is original to the bag and neither hangtag nor bag is genuine.

(I also see problems with the serial number/font when compared to another that I believe to be genuine.)

Note that most of the bags of this style I found were on Japanese and other Asian websites, many of which I've found to have more fakes than authentic items and many of the fakes are very close. I'm not comfortable recommending any of those sites as safe though I've also seen some authentic items on them too.

Again, the bag from kemer3489 is fake. And without any other history, 0 feedback and another sold item showing only stock images, I don't recommend the seller.

Thank you. Sending PM.

 

[BeenBurned]

I highly suspect this bag is fake. It's not a style I'm interested in so I never bought it. Can you guys take a look? That's a huge rip off at that price!!

Coach 1941 Tea Rose Handbag Double Dinky Wide White VHTF NWOT | eBay

<p>Coach 1941 Tea Rose Handbag Double Dinky Wide White VHTF NWOT. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. 95% new. It has never been used.</p>

www.ebay.com

Seller: kemer3489

Never mind. It's definitely fake. I have no doubt after receiving additional pics from the seller.

I agree. I see several problems with the bag itself as well as the mess-of-a-hangtag! (Hangtags by themselves aren't used to judge authenticity of the bag (since they can be removed or replaced) but in this case, the I believe the hangtag is original to the bag and neither hangtag nor bag is genuine.

(I also see problems with the serial number/font when compared to another that I believe to be genuine.)

Note that most of the bags of this style I found were on Japanese and other Asian websites, many of which I've found to have more fakes than authentic items and many of the fakes are very close. I'm not comfortable recommending any of those sites as safe though I've also seen some authentic items on them too.

Again, the bag from kemer3489 is fake. And without any other history, 0 feedback and another sold item showing only stock images, I don't recommend the seller.

Thank you. Sending PM.

At the time I responded to Houseof999's request and posted, the listing in question was kemer3489's only current listing.

Now, the fake has been removed but at this time, the new seller now has 10 current listings, most with stock photos and in cases where she has some actual (non-stock) images, the pictures are inadequate for authentication purposes.

Because of the proliferation of close fakes, new sellers, lack of definitive pictures and because the holiday season seems to bring out the scammers, I recommend extreme caution when making online purchases.

 

[whateve]

Hi authenticators

I'm posting below the two bags I purchased before I discovered authenticating them here & I'm a bit paranoid worrying & wondering now. They're xmas gifts so I haven't received them yet. Would you please authenticate them?

Item: Demi Penelope 9712
Listing number: I don't know
Seller and site where listed: GoingGoingGone on Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m22492895206/?url_scheme=item/openDetail&id=m22492895206

Item: Demi Hampton 7785
Listing number: I don't know
Seller and site where listed: LJRM on Mercari
Link: https://www.mercari.com/us/item/m88224435551/?url_scheme=item/openDetail&id=m88224435551

Thank you so much!

Both look good.

 

[americandreaming]

Both look good.

Thank you so much whateve! xx